Friday, March 22, 2013

Acid Rain

By Ibrahim Alhamad

Acid rain
Acid rain is rain that is more acidic than normal. Acid rain is a complicated
problem. Primarily caused by air pollution, acid rain's spread and damage
involves weather, chemistry, soil, and the life cycles of plants and animals on
the land and in lakes and streams. This form of air pollution is currently a
subject of great controversy because of its worldwide environmental damages.
For the last two decade. This problem has brought destruction to thousands of
lakes and streams in worldwide. Scientists have discovered that air pollution
from the burning of fossil fuels is the major cause of acid rain. Power plants
and factories burn coal and oil. Power plants use that coal and oil to produce
the electricity for our homes and to run our electric appliances. We also burn
natural gas, coal, and oil to heat our homes. The smoke and fumes from burning
fossil fuels rise into the atmosphere and combine with the moisture in the air
to form acid rain. The main chemicals in air pollution that creates acid rain
are sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Acid rain usually forms high in the
clouds where sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides react with water.